Imperialism
7. Examine the map below and the data that follows - What do they show us?
british_empire.png
Extent of Colonial Control
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Germany (1914)
Area in Square Miles
94,000
212,600
11,800
13,200
210,000
Population
45,500,100
42,000,000
8,300,000
8.500,000
67,500,000
Area of Colonies
13,100,000
4,300,000
940,000
790,000
1,100,000
Population of Colonies
470,000,000
65,000,000
13,000,000
66,000,000
13,000,000
SOURCE: Mary Evelyn Townsend, European Colonial Expansion Since 1871 (Chicago: J.P. Lippincott Company, 1941), p. 19
Percentage of Territories Belonging to the European/US Colonial Powers
(1900)
Percentage Controlled
Africa
90.4%
Polynesia
98.9%
Asia
56.5%
Australia
100.0%
Americas
27.2%
SOURCE: A. Supan, Die territoriale Entwicklung der Euroaischen Kolonien (Gotha, 1906), p. 254
8. Define Imperialism in your own words:
9. What were the motivations for Imperialism?
While many countries, including but not limited to France, Germany, Belgium, and the United Nations, engaged in Imperialist activity; Great Britain is known above all as the best example of a true imperialist nation. We will examine the actions of Great Britain to gain a better understanding of the nature, extent and effects of Imperialism.
10. Before note-taking, look for the following key terms (not in the glossary!) and define them in your own words.
The British East India Company
Sepoys
British Raj
Partition of Africa/ Berlin Conference
Settlement Colonies
White Dominions
Cecil Rhodes
James Cook
11. Now go through your book and complete the graphic organizer below
Country
How Britain gained control - steps to conquest
Actions taken by Britain when in control/ power
Effects/ Reactions
India (note this will be more notes than the following two nations.)
Imperialism
7. Examine the map below and the data that follows - What do they show us?
Extent of Colonial Control
SOURCE: Mary Evelyn Townsend, European Colonial Expansion Since 1871 (Chicago: J.P. Lippincott Company, 1941), p. 19
Percentage of Territories Belonging to the European/US Colonial Powers
(1900)
8. Define Imperialism in your own words:
9. What were the motivations for Imperialism?
While many countries, including but not limited to France, Germany, Belgium, and the United Nations, engaged in Imperialist activity; Great Britain is known above all as the best example of a true imperialist nation. We will examine the actions of Great Britain to gain a better understanding of the nature, extent and effects of Imperialism.
10. Before note-taking, look for the following key terms (not in the glossary!) and define them in your own words.
11. Now go through your book and complete the graphic organizer below